St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-20
numerous and as Obstreperous as TIL,
professional politician.
STRAY sUNBEAMs.


Mrs. CATHERINE DoNNELIY, the
mother of Hon. IGNATIUs DoNNELLY,
died at her home in Philadelphia last
Monday night at the ripe age of
seventy-Six years, and was buried from
st. Mary's church, in that city, last Fri
day morning. Mrs. DoNNEILY was a
woman OF extraordinary power of mind
and admirable traits of character. She
was noted for her benevolence and was
beloved by large circle of friends, who
admired her womanly graces. Mrs.
DoNNELLY was the mother of tai
ented family. Among the seven chill
dren who survive her are Miss ELEANOR
DoNNELLY, who is the author of several
books of poems and biography of the
late Rev. +. Y. BARBELIN, and Hon.
IGNATIUs DoNNELLY, whose fame as
literary writer is second to none in this
country.
Rev. DR.. CHRISTIE preached a re-
markably strong sermon yesterday
morning, in which, in his characteristic
ally vigorous style, he antagonized the
PHILOSOPHERS of DARWIN and TYNDALL.
illustrative of the foolishneSS of men
IN rejecting a doctrine because they
cannot fathom all the mysteries asso-
ciated with it, he alluded.to the fact that
perhaps there was not person in the
congregation but had used the tele-
phone. And yet there were not ten in
the whole crowd who, if called upon
off-hand, could explain the mysteries of
the telephone. Still no one rejected the
use of the instrument because he did
not understand the principles involved
in its operation.
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Going home from church after the
close OF the service two ladies were dis
cuSslng the sermon. AS they cOmmuned
one with the other by the way they nat
urally fell to talking about telephones
and the mysteries of electricity. 'Do
you KNOW said one of them, ''that l
never attempt to speak through tele-
phone without experiencing feeling
of superstitiouS awe. The instrument
gives such graveyard tone to the voice
that l imagine am in communication
with the spirit world"
IS
The party organs that are so terribly
lncenSed over the battle flag episode
must be mad because that distinguished
Republican leader, WILLIAM MAHoNE,
is not to have his old battle flag re-
turned to him. Since we come to think
about it MOSBY doesn't get his either.
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1t is not generally known out in Mon
tana that Hon. MARTIN MAGINNIs is
poet. But he is, and of the first water,
too, He recited an original poem at the
Press club banquet Saturday night, of
so much cleverneSS to Tom MOORE
wouldn't have been ashamed of it. So
long as MART MAGINNIs makes songs
for Montana it makes no difference who
makes laws for the territory.
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"That'S new idea to me, and don't
know but | shall utilize it," said II. G.
BARNABEE, as he walked into the ban
quet hall at the Ryan and stopped to
read the legend worked in letters made
OF white roses on an evergreen ground
which suspended in a beautiful arch
over the center of the room. II have
been good deal puzzled to select an APP
propriate name for our new opera Or
ganization. | have thought of great
many, but that one never occurred to
me-" The floral inscription which ar
rested Mr.. BARNABEE's admiring at
tention, was 'The Only Ideals.'